Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at cleveland clinic main campus

9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH · Cleveland Clinic · · NPI 1679525919

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jun 16, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$2,256.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,472.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$1.10 with Zing Health vs $2,464.00 with AETNA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Zing Health Medicare Advantage $1.10 ↓ -100%
Aetna ALL PRODUCTS $3.22 ↓ -100%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Lower Level $66.68 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage Psych $77.60 ↓ -97%
Summacare Medicare Advantage CNA $87.19 ↓ -96%
Summacare Medicare Advantage MD $97.45 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $102.58 ↓ -95%
United Medicare Advantage $103.47 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $103.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $103.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage Transplant $103.47 ↓ -95%
Optum Medicare Advantage Transplant $103.47 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage HMO $103.47 ↓ -95%
The Health Plan Medicare Advantage $103.47 ↓ -95%
Valor All Products $103.47 ↓ -95%
UPMC Medicare Advantage $103.47 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare Advantage $106.57 ↓ -95%
CommuniCare Medicare Advantage $108.64 ↓ -95%
PPHP All Products $110.79 ↓ -95%
Perennial Health Medicare Advantage $111.75 ↓ -95%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Non-Facility $146.35 ↓ -94%
Anthem All Products Mid-Level Facility $146.35 ↓ -94%
CC EHP All Products $194.90 ↓ -91%
Summacare Preferred $246.17 ↓ -89%
Oscar All Products $256.13 ↓ -89%
Summacare Premier $268.26 ↓ -88%
United All Products - Mid-Level $271.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna Acop $282.99 ↓ -87%
United HMO & PPO $298.14 ↓ -87%
United All Products $298.14 ↓ -87%
Optum Managed Medicaid Transplant $303.75 ↓ -87%
Paramount Managed Medicaid $329.33 ↓ -85%
Summacare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.06 ↓ -85%
ANTHEM MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.06 ↓ -85%
UPMC MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.06 ↓ -85%
DEVOTED HEALTH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.06 ↓ -85%
CIGNA Medicare Advantage Lifesource $330.06 ↓ -85%
AETNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $330.06 ↓ -85%
Valor ALL PRODUCTS $330.06 ↓ -85%
OPTUM All Products VA $331.07 ↓ -85%
OPTUM Medicare Advantage Transplant $331.07 ↓ -85%
HUMANA Medicare Advantage HMO $331.07 ↓ -85%
The Health Plan MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $331.07 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare Advantage HMO $331.07 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare HMO $333.54 ↓ -85%
UNITED MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $333.64 ↓ -85%
Caresource Managed Medicaid $335.73 ↓ -85%
Buckeye Managed Medicaid $335.73 ↓ -85%
CIGNA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $339.96 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare Advantage PPO $341.01 ↓ -85%
MMO Medicare PPO $343.55 ↓ -85%
CommuniCare MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $346.56 ↓ -85%
Molina Managed Medicaid $351.72 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Managed Medicaid $351.72 ↓ -84%
Perennial Health HMO I-SNP and HMO C-SNP $356.47 ↓ -84%
Perennial Health MEDICARE ADVANTAGE $357.56 ↓ -84%
PPHP ALL PRODUCTS $363.07 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Physician Non-Facility $371.71 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Physician $371.71 ↓ -84%
Anthem All Products Physician Facility $371.71 ↓ -84%
OPTUM Managed Medicaid Transplant $386.08 ↓ -83%
OHCP All Products $392.11 ↓ -83%
Ohio Healthy Transplant $403.20 ↓ -82%
CARESOURCE Managed Medicaid $406.40 ↓ -82%
Humana Military All Products $421.37 ↓ -81%
MOLINA Managed Medicaid $426.72 ↓ -81%
ANTHEM Managed Medicaid $426.72 ↓ -81%
AETNA Medicare Advantage Transplant $427.51 ↓ -81%
AETNA All Products Transplant $432.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna All Products Transplant $432.00 ↓ -81%
UNITED Managed Medicaid $434.85 ↓ -81%
Aultcare PPO/HMO $441.50 ↓ -80%
United BH Managed Medicaid $447.04 ↓ -80%
Amish Community Aid Plan All Products $453.60 ↓ -80%
MMO SuperMed $453.60 ↓ -80%
Optum Commercial CRS Care Solutions $472.75 ↓ -79%
OMAS All Products $504.00 ↓ -78%
Healthsmart All Products $554.40 ↓ -75%
The Health Plan All Products $554.40 ↓ -75%
Optum All Products Transplant $587.66 ↓ -74%
PHPHI All Products $604.80 ↓ -73%
UPMC All Products $604.80 ↓ -73%
Optum Commercial CHD Care Solutions $611.86 ↓ -73%
Three Rivers All Products $655.20 ↓ -71%
Clarity Health All Products $655.20 ↓ -71%
CC EHP ALL PRODUCTS $684.99 ↓ -70%
OSCAR ALL PRODUCTS $696.82 ↓ -69%
GMS All Products $705.60 ↓ -69%
Quality Care Partners All Products $705.60 ↓ -69%
Consociate Health All Products $756.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna All Products First Health $756.00 ↓ -67%
PHPHI ALL PRODUCTS $788.48 ↓ -65%
PHP ALL PRODUCTS $788.48 ↓ -65%
MMO NASCO $806.40 ↓ -64%
Aetna Asa $806.40 ↓ -64%
Evernorth (Cigna BH) All Products Psychiatrist $806.40 ↓ -64%
UNITED ALL PRODUCTS $828.27 ↓ -63%
Multiplan All Products $907.20 ↓ -60%
USA Managed Care All Products $907.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna Qhp/Ifp $1,008.00 ↓ -55%
Amish Community Aid Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,108.80 ↓ -51%
MMO ALL PRODUCTS $1,123.44 ↓ -50%
Summacare PREMIER $1,123.58 ↓ -50%
OHCP ALL PRODUCTS $1,197.50 ↓ -47%
CIGNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,207.36 ↓ -47%
OMAS ALL PRODUCTS $1,232.00 ↓ -45%
Ohio Healthy TRANSPLANT $1,330.56 ↓ -41%
CIGNA PPO $1,354.98 ↓ -40%
HEALTHSMART ALL PRODUCTS $1,355.20 ↓ -40%
OPTUM All Products Transplant $1,394.62 ↓ -38%
UPMC ALL PRODUCTS $1,478.40 ↓ -34%
The Health Plan ALL PRODUCTS $1,478.40 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Commercial CHD Care Solutions $1,485.79 ↓ -34%
OPTUM Commercial CRS Care Solutions $1,485.79 ↓ -34%
ANTHEM HPN $1,499.71 ↓ -34%
MMO TRADITIONAL $1,549.86 ↓ -31%
AETNA Asa_Whirlpool_Peia $1,555.35 ↓ -31%
AETNA International $1,562.73 ↓ -31%
THREE RIVERS ALL PRODUCTS $1,601.60 ↓ -29%
Clarity Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,601.60 ↓ -29%
Quality Care Partners ALL PRODUCTS $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
GMS ALL PRODUCTS $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
Quality Care Partners Transplant SMCP $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
Parkview Health Plan Transplant SMCP $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
Medical Benefit Corp Transplant SMCP $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
Ohio Healthy Transplant SMCP $1,724.80 ↓ -24%
ANTHEM PPO/HMO $1,764.37 ↓ -22%
Consociate Health ALL PRODUCTS $1,848.00 ↓ -18%
Consociate Health TRANSPLANT $1,848.00 ↓ -18%
AETNA ALL PRODUCTS $1,848.00 ↓ -18%
UNITED All Products International $1,863.61 ↓ -17%
ANTHEM TRADITIONAL $1,895.31 ↓ -16%
Community Health Alliance ALL PRODUCTS $1,971.20 ↓ -13%
Community Health Alliance TRANSPLANT $1,971.20 ↓ -13%
Humana Military ALL PRODUCTS $2,094.40 ↓ -7%
AETNA Acop $2,131.36 ↓ -6%
Managed Care Services TRANSPLANT $2,217.60 ↓ -2%
Tertiary Care Network TRANSPLANT $2,217.60 ↓ -2%
MULTIPLAN ALL PRODUCTS $2,217.60 ↓ -2%
USA Managed Care ALL PRODUCTS $2,217.60 ↓ -2%
FrontPath TRANSPLANT $2,217.60 ↓ -2%
AETNA Qhp/Ipf $2,464.00 ↑ +9%
Kaiser Transplant ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
AETNA NAP not published by hospital —
CIGNA PPO Lifesource not published by hospital —
CIGNA Indemnity Lifesource not published by hospital —
CIGNA HMO Lifesource not published by hospital —
United Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Physician not published by hospital —
Cigna All Products Mid-Level not published by hospital —
United BH ALL PRODUCTS not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MA not published by hospital —
United BH All Products MD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products PHD not published by hospital —
United BH All Products RN not published by hospital —
United BH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE not published by hospital —

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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Ohio hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
fairview hospital Cleveland $1,601.60 $0.87 – $2,217.60
lutheran hospital Cleveland $1,601.60 $0.87 – $2,217.60
cleveland clinic childrens hospital for rehabilitation Cleveland not published $536.61 – $621.34
Trinity Medical Center East Steubenville $3,052.46 $1,146.00 – $4,739.35
akron general Akron $2,184.00 $0.87 – $2,217.60
avon hospital Avon $1,601.60 $0.87 – $2,217.60
euclid hospital Euclid $1,601.60 $0.87 – $2,217.60
hillcrest hospital Mayfield Heights $1,601.60 $0.87 – $2,217.60

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